Untangling the Grip of White Privilege in Education through Consultation and Systems Change: Introduction to the Special Issue

ABSTRACT

This article introduces the articles in the special issue, School consultation grounded in social justice: Dismantling white privilege in education. The authors first highlight salient aspects of each of the five articles. The article ends with a call to action for educators to use consultation to effect systems change that will interrupt white privilege and racist practices in education.

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Notes on contributors

Ruth Schumacher-Martinez

Ruth Schumacher-Martinez, PhD is an assistant professor of school psychology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Sherrie L. Proctor

Sherrie L. Proctor is an associate professor of school psychology at Queens College, City University of New York.